Question Cinemachine choppy when i rotate the object its following

I'm trying to make a follow camera for this little rocket game, but whenever the rocket moved the camera was choppy, so I looked up why it did that and I found a forum post saying something about damping. So i turned off damping and it was fine when it moved, but when it rotated it was choppy again. Could I get some help?

 

This is a 3D game with low gravity, the rocket is rotating with the A and D keys and it moves in the direction that it is pointing when I press space. I use Rigidbody for movement and transform.Rotate for rotating along the z-axis. I would like the camera to move along the x-axis in the direction the rocket goes.

 

That has not appeared to have changed anything. It is still very choppy.

 

how do I send you a video on here?

 

I turned on interpolation but it's still choppy.

 

This is my movement script

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class Movement : MonoBehaviour {
6.     [SerializeField] float mainThrust = 0;
7.     [SerializeField] float rotationThrust = 0;
8.     [SerializeField] AudioClip mainEngine;
9.  
10.     [SerializeField] ParticleSystem mainThrusterParticles;
11.     [SerializeField] ParticleSystem leftThrusterParticles;
12.     [SerializeField] ParticleSystem rightThrusterParticles;
13.    
14.     Rigidbody rb;
15.     AudioSource audioSource;
16.  
17.     void Start()
18.     {
19.         rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
20.         audioSource = GetComponent<AudioSource>();
21.     }
22.  
23.     void Update() {
24.         ProcessThrust();
25.         ProcessRotation();
26.     }
27.  
28.     void ProcessThrust() {
29.         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space))
30.         {
31.             StartThrusting();
32.         }
33.         else
34.         {
35.             StopThrusting();
36.         }
37.     }
38.  
39.     void StartThrusting() {
40.         rb.AddRelativeForce(Vector3.up * mainThrust * Time.deltaTime);
41.         if (!audioSource.isPlaying)
42.         {
43.             audioSource.PlayOneShot(mainEngine);
44.         }
45.         if (!mainThrusterParticles.isPlaying)
46.         {
47.             mainThrusterParticles.Play();
48.         }
49.     }
50.  
51.     void StopThrusting() {
52.         audioSource.Stop();
53.         mainThrusterParticles.Stop();
54.     }
55.  
56.     void ProcessRotation() {
57.         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
58.         {
59.             RotateLeft();
60.         }
61.         else if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
62.         {
63.             RotateRight();
64.         }
65.         else
66.         {
67.             StopRotating();
68.         }
69.     }
70.  
71.     void RotateLeft()
72.     {
73.         ApplyRotation(rotationThrust);
74.         if (!rightThrusterParticles.isPlaying)
75.         {
76.             rightThrusterParticles.Play();
77.         }
78.     }
79.    
80.     void RotateRight()
81.     {
82.         ApplyRotation(-rotationThrust);
83.         if (!leftThrusterParticles.isPlaying)
84.         {
85.             leftThrusterParticles.Play();
86.         }
87.     }
88.  
89.     void StopRotating()
90.     {
91.         rightThrusterParticles.Stop();
92.         leftThrusterParticles.Stop();
93.     }
94.  
95.     void ApplyRotation(float rotationThisFrame)
96.     {
97.         rb.freezeRotation = true; // freezing rotation so we can manually rotate
98.         transform.Rotate(Vector3.forward * rotationThisFrame * Time.deltaTime);
99.         rb.freezeRotation = false; // unfreezing rotation so the physics system can take over
100.     }
101. }

 

I think the camera is unfixable for this game, I'm making this game while following a C# course and I haven't learned that much about RB movement yet, I came here because I wanted to see if there was a way I could fix the camera, the instructor for the course said I can either make it a static camera or follow the player. I think ill just deal with the slight choppiness. Sorry if i wasted your time.

 

Sorry, I should've phrased that better. I am still learning how to code C# and I don't know how to turn an object with code and RB. It is possible, but I don't know how to do it yet.

 

Hello gregory, apologies for the time wasted in 2022, I was very early in the learning process of Unity and had no idea that I could use the rigidbody to set the rotation using torque.